Reference for Avodah Zarah 116:4
בעא מיניה ר' אסי מר' יוחנן יין שמסכו עובד כוכבים מהו א"ל ואימא מזגו א"ל אנא כדכתיב קאמינא (משלי ט, ב) טבחה טבחה מסכה יינה א"ל לשון תורה לעצמה לשון חכמים לעצמו
R. Asi asked R. Yohanan: Wine mixed (mesakho) by a non-Jew, what is its status? He said to him: Say mezago! R. Asi asked R. Yohanan: Wine mixed (mesakho) by a non-Jew, what is its status? He said to him: Say mezago! [R. Asi] replied: I say it as it is written, “She has slaughtered her meat, she has mixed [mesakhah] her wine” (Proverbs 9:2). He said to him: The language of the Torah is distinct and the language of the sages is distinct.
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